Trevan Family History and Related Families

Genealogy - Trevan and Related Families

I am Mary Trevan and I am searching for my family history, especially for the Trevan (including Clark), Treliving (including Skelton) and Vanderband families who originated in Cornwall and moved to the Plymouth area of Devon. Older variants of the name Trevan include Trevane, Trevaine, Treveighen and the Trevean, Trevains, Trevehen families are possibly also related, but more research is required to be sure.

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* family papers | * census information | * family group sheets (6 generations) | * photo albums | * individual photos
* Results of my research trips - Jun 2000 | Oct 1999 | * Starting family history research? / How I started my family history research

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Family Names

Lieutenant Ralph Clark of the First Fleet to Australia who married Betsy Alicia Trevan, daughter of Matthew Trevan and Elizabeth nee Stephens
Skelton who married with Treliving
Treliving who married with Trevan
- Some Treliving census entries from 1841 | 1851 | 1861
Treveighen and modern variants
- Earliest information on the Trev(eigh)an families
- Emigration - Australia
- Extracts from original records
  - Trevan census entries from 1841 | 1851 | 1861 | 1871 | 1881 | 1891 | 1901
  - Trevean / Trevains census entries from 1841 | 1851 | 1861 | 1871 | 1881 | 1901
  - Assorted census mistranscriptions - Treven 1881 (3 Trevan) | Trevin 1881 (3 Trevan) | Trevon 1901 (6 Trevan)
  - Occupation related - Customs Officer | Directories | Navy Lists | WWI Combatants
  - Trevan obituaries | newspaper cuttings | index of family papers
  - Trevan wills index | 1640s-1857 | 1858-1889 | 1890-1899
- Indices for the head of household for
  - Treveighan / Trevehen for the St Teath / Landrake / St Erney branch
  - the 2 Trevains / Trevaynes / Trevean branches based around Blisland for Trevean(s) / Trevaynes / Trevains and St Erth / Phillack for Trevean
- Trevains who lived in East Cornwall and are all descended from John Treveans (c1745-1810) and Sarah Stephen, probably son of John Treveighen (c1702-75) and Elizabeth nee Pope
- Trevan - descendents of John (c1698-1769), my ancestor and founder of the largest Trevan tree, who lived in East Cornwall
  - 1st 2 generations | 3 generations | 4 generations | 5 generations | 6 generations | Index of Trevan women | a few distaff lines
  - Photo albums - my branch generation 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | index to photos
    Others - St Austell branch | Michigan branch | NE Cornwall - Trevan area
  - Trevan distribution in 1999 (from phone listings found on the web)
- Trevan - descendents of William and his son Richard who lived in the 18th century in West Cornwall, who are the founders of the 2nd largest Trevan tree
- Trevan - descendents of John Trevan (-1839) and Susannah nee Pearce who lived in the West Cornwall
- Trevean all descended from William Trevean (-1720) and Elizabeth nee Murley who lived in West Cornwall and one Australian family listed in some PRO records for Victoria as Trevan are descended from them
- Treveighen and the variant of Trevehen who lived in East Cornwall
Vanderband who married with Treliving, most probably Dutch at the end of 17th century (including Collings, Evans and Sibley)

For a page of links to various references elsewhere on the web which include the name Trevan, click here. There is also a brief summary of all my "Tre" names. See also for Trevan related families mostly in Cornwall and Devon (geocities site). These pages are not so detailed, but includes my Henwood and Easton families in more detail than the other lines, and my aim in the long term is to give a more complete view of all of my ancestors instead of providing a "one-name study" such I have done here, and which Lynne Browning has done with the Treliving family book that she has produced.

Where Did My Ancestors Live?

The name Trevan originated in Cornwall, and the family migrated via Plymouth to at least 3 continents. The old spelling of Treveighan is probably derived from tre-byhan (little farm), but I have also come across it as 'homestead on the hill', but I do not know the source for that. Press here to see a more detailed view of the distribution of the name in 1999.

Earliest Record I Have for Each Name

Skelton - 1633 (marriage) as a female marrying into the Treliving family
Treliving - 1633 (marriage) with a female marrying into the Trevan family
Trevan - 1754 on the Treveighen / Trevane / Trevaine / Trevan tree
- before that the name was Trevane/Trevain(e) - 1732-1769 or Trevehen - 1684-1772
- before that it was Treveighen, which died out c1800
  - 1698 with Mary's tree
  - 1583 with a tree which dies out in Plymouth
  - earliest reference found so far in the parish of Constantine c1270
Vanderband - 1721 (marriage) as a female marrying into the Treliving family which died out in SW England in c1795
- Collings - marriage in 1678
- Evans - marriage in 1703
- Sibley - marriage in 1678

Links to Other Sites of Interest

You can follow my favourite links for genealogical sources, especially in the UK, other researchers worldwide, and also heritage type of information, including on-line magazines, photos and maps. There are also heritage links to Trevan Country.

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To exchange information please e-mail mary.trevan@planet.nl. This page was last updated: 17 Sep 2007

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